List of Famous people who died at 78

Walter Adolf Giers was a German light, sound and media artist and a pioneer of electronic art.

Nadia Reisenberg Sherman was an American pianist of Lithuanian birth.

Vitaly Stepanovich Logvinovsky PAR was a Soviet and later Russian stage and film actor.

Marcel Artelesa was a French footballer who played as a defender. He played for France in the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England.

Valéry Inkijinoff was a French actor of Russian-Buryat origin.

Ernst Müller-Hermann was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.

Jean-Daniel Simon was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed eight films between 1968 and 1985. In 1975 he was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival.

Bolotbek Shamshiyev was a Kyrgyz film director and screenwriter. He directed eleven films between 1965 and 1988. His 1976 film The White Ship was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival.

Souad Al-Humaidhi was Kuwaiti businesswoman, owner of a range of commercial and residential complexes in and outside Kuwait, among them and a residential hotel and a tower in Beirut. Is also member of the Union of Real Estate Owners in Kuwait, of the Board of Directors of Bank Audi in Lebanon and holds stakes in several banks throughout Kuwait, including the National Bank of Kuwait and Solidere.

Miriam Pires was a Brazilian actress. She acted in over 40 telenovelas, including prominent roles in Irmãos Coragem, Pecado Capital, Gabriela, Pedra sobre Pedra, Sonho Meu, and Casarão. Having won the Festival de Brasília Best Supporting Actress Award in 1978 for A Summer Rain, Pires acted in twelve films during her career. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, where she died from toxoplasmosis.